AI is at an inflection point, Fei-Fei Li says
This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. “This moment in AI is an...
Google DeepMind’s weather AI can forecast extreme weather faster and more accurately
This year the Earth has been hit by a record number of unpredictable extreme weather events made worse by climate change. Predicting them faster and with greater accuracy could enable...
Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard
In September, researchers at Google’s DeepMind AI unit in London were paying unusual attention to the weather across the pond. Hurricane Lee was at least 10 days out from landfall—eons...
How Facebook went all in on AI
The following is excerpted from BROKEN CODE: Inside Facebook and the Fight to Expose Its Harmful Secrets by Jeff Horwitz. Reprinted by permission of Doubleday, an imprint of The Knopf...
How Lauren Sánchez makes fiancé Jeff Bezos more interesting
Evangelists for life in outer space, Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos are already living on a different celestial body. Welcome to Planet Ridiculous, population: 2. The December issue of Vogue,...
AI training simulates real conversations to help prevent veteran suicide
Artificial intelligence is working to save the lives of America’s heroes. A new product by ReflexAI called HomeTeam was just released this week, with the goal of preventing veteran suicide. San Diego-based...
Google will delete many Gmail accounts soon — is yours safe?
Don’t let this news get lost in your inbox. Google is scheduled to delete troves of inactive Gmail accounts as a cybersecurity initiative that goes into effect on Dec. 1....
The SAG Deal Sends a Clear Message About AI and Workers
On Monday, the leadership of the Screen Actors Guild–American Federation of Television and Radio Artists held a members-only webinar to discuss the contract the union tentatively agreed upon last week...
Google, Meta should pay $14B a year to news publishers: study
Google and Meta should be on the hook for at least $14 billion dollars per year to news outlets to account for the ad revenue generated by their search traffic,...
